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The (Phone) Call of the Void
Editor’s note: we wanted to cap off this ridiculous year by inviting a guest writer to comment on the state of things today, in particular, outrage culture on social media and bullshit in general. I have been at the point
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Are Martial Arts a form of Cultural Appropriation?
The academic definition of Cultural Appropriation is “the adoption of elements of a minority culture by members of the dominant culture”. Last year, a large kerfuffle was made about a teenage girl’s choice of prom dress. The girl, a Caucasian, wore a
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Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: How the Internet Ruined Politics
The year was 1993. All jeans were “mom jeans”, and Saved By The Bell was still poisoning the minds of the young with its sanitized depictions of subversive teenage criminal activity. Meanwhile, on the Internet, America Online’s hordes of troglodytes and
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ATHLETES AT RISK: 7 Tips to Prevent Sexual Abuse, Misconduct
Fourth in a 5-part series By Cathy Chapaty I’ve made a plethora of mistakes in my martial arts teaching career that horrify me today. Years ago, I: Took a 15-year-old student out to dinner at the behest of his parents.
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If you Shared a Post by One of These Facebook Pages You’re Officially a Stooge
And not any of the three funny ones either… We were going to use the word “dumbass” in the title, but the Internet is filled with dumbasses and “stooge” more accurately describes that particular kind of dumbass whose lack of
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Social Media BS: “Mommyjacking”
There’s a lot of hostility towards women on the Internet: from unsolicited pictures of a stranger’s genitals, to outright threats of rape for any woman that speaks out against inequality. But what’s worse is that women aren’t just on the
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